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Passiflora lunata. Crescent-leaved 

 passion-flower; 



Cfoss and Order. 



MoNADELPHlA PENTANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



, CaZ. 5-partitus, coloratus. Cor. 5-petala, calyci inserta. 

 Nectar. Corona filamentosa. Pepo pedicellata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Passiflora lunata; foliis bilobis punctatis basi subcordatis, 

 petiolis eglandulosis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis, 

 tills coronae exterioribus compresso-clavatis. 



Passiflora lunata; foliis bilobis punctatis basi subcordatis 

 biglahdulosis, nectarii radiis exterioribus compresso- 

 clavatis obtusis. Smith. Ic. Pict. 1. tab. 1. 



Passiflora lunata; foliis cordatis bilobis obtusis glabris, 

 petiolis eglandulosis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis, 

 filis corona? clavatis. tVilld. Sp. PI 3 p. 612. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 149. Pers. Sun. 2. p. 220. n. 21. 



Passiflora biflora; foliis bilobis semilunatis obtusis glabris 

 subtus punctatis, caule quinquangulo, axillis bifloris. 

 Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 36. p. 447. t. 271. Cav. Diss. 10. 

 457. t. 288. 



Granadilla folio lunato, flore parvo albo, fructu succulento 

 ovato Houstoni. Mart. Cent. p. 52. t. 52. 



Passiflora Vespertilio. Miss Laur. Passion-flowers. 



Descr. Stem shrubby, five-angled, climbing by means 

 of long spirally twisted tendrils. Leaves alternate, three- 

 nerved, two-lobed: lobes divaricate, obtuse, terminated 

 with a short bristle (as is the midrib of the leaf between 

 the lobes) reticulate-veined, marked with an irregular row 



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